Rocking-chair attachment.



' W. C. PARKER.

' ROCKING CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MKYIS, 1918.

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ROCKING-CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

Application filed May 15, 1918. Serial No. 234,619.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, WILLIAM CHARLES PARKER, a citizen of Great Britain. and a resident of Chicago. in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rocking-Chair Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheeled attachments for rocking chairs, and the like adapting the same for ready movement from place to place. and has for its object To provide a simple and eiiicientstruc tural formation and combination of parts adapted for ready attachment to a rocking chair in a secure and substantial manner,

and which is adapted for application to rocking chairs of the different sizes met with on the market, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing:--

Figure 1 is a plan view of the present wheeled attachment.

Fig. 2. is a side elevation with the rocking chair shown in place in dotted lines.

Fig. 3, is a rear end elevation of the attacbment.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawing. 1. 2 and 3 designate a series of transverse rails arranged in parallel relation. and 4, 5 and 6 a comnanion series of longitudinal rails. secured together in the relation hereinafter described, to constitute the main frame or body of the present attachment.

The transverse rail 1 aforesaid. is attached to the top surface of the series of longitudinal rails 4, 5 and 6, with its ends projecting beyond the same. and with its under surface beveled off to fit and engage the usual slpping front ends of the rockers of a rocklng chair.

The transverse rails 2 and 3 aforesaid, are attached to the under surface of the series of longitudinal rails 4. 5 and 6, in widely spaced relation, and with their ends pro ecting beyond said longitudinal rails and having upper beveled surfaces so as to fit and support the curved under surfaces of the chair rockers, as illustrated in Fig. 2. In the prefered arrangement of the parts above described. the rails 1 and 2 are arranged near the front of the frame or body of the attachment, While the rail 3 is arranged near the rear of said frame or body.

7 2 and 3' designate bolt holes formed near the outer ends of the rails 2 and 3 aforesaid. for the reception of screw-bolts by which ordinary stop blocks are secured to said rails to prevent accidental side movement of the rocking chair when in place upon the attachment.

The longitudinal rails 4 and 6 aforesaid. are secured to the rails 1, 2 and 3 in spaced relation, and preferably in a flaring manner corresponding with the usual forward spread of the chair rockers. and so that said rockers may rest upon the transverse rails 2. 3 outside said longitudinal rails 4, 6 and in adjacent relation thereto.

4' and 6 designate flat forward extensions on the rails 4 and 6. constituting foot rests for the occupant of the rocking chair.

The longitudinal rail 5 aforesaid. is also secured to the rails 1. 2 and 3 in the space intermediate of the aforesaid rails 4 and 6. and is provided with a rearward extension 5 carrying on its rear portion a foot piece or treadle 7 adapted for engagement by a foot of the attendant in effecting an upward tilting of the forward portion of the attachment when it is desired to cross a raised threshold or the like with ease and comfort to the occupant of a rocking chair mounted on the attachment.

8 designates a plurality of wheels or casters secured to the underside of the transverse rails 2 and 3 to afford ease of movement of the attachment. rocking chair and occupant from place to place.

Having thus fully described my said invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wheeled attachment for rocking chairs comprising, a plurality of longitudinal and transverse rails secured together to constitute a frame. and a plurality of wheels associated with saidframe, a pair of the transverse rails being secured to the underside of the longitudinal rails and extending beyond the sides of the same to provide supports for the rockers of a rocking chair, and a single one of said transverse rails being secured. to the upperside of said longitudinal rails in adjacent relation to one of the aforesaid transverse rails and adapted for engagement with the sloping front ends of the chair rockers, substantially as set forth.

2. A wheeled attachment for rocking chairs comprising a pair of outer rails and a central longitudinal rail, a plurality of transverse rails secured toth'e'longitudinal rails to constitute a frame, and a plurality of Wheels associated with saidframe, a pair of the transverse rails being secured to the under side of the longitudinal rails and extending beyond the sides of the same to provide supports for the rockers of-"arocking chair a single one of said transverse rails being secured to the upper side of said longitudinal rails in adjacent. relationito one of theaforesaid transverse rails and adapted forengagement with the sloping front ends of the chair rockers, and the centrallongitudinal rail having a rearward extension to constitute means for the tilting the attachment, substantially as set forth.

A Wheeled attachment for rocking chairs comprising a pair of outer and a central longitudinal rails, a plurality of transverse" rails secured to' the longitudinal rails to constitute a frame, and a plurality of Wheels-associated vith said frame, a pair of the transverse rails being secured to the under side of the longitudinal rails and extendv ing beyond the sides of the same to provide nal rails havingforward extensions to com 1 stitute; foot rests, substanti-all-yas set; forth. Signed at Ghieago; I11inois, this 10th day of May, 1918.

WILLIAM PARKER,

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Washington, D. e." 

